Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst
Summary: Early sixteenth century Europe experienced a serious agrarian crisis, resulting in widespread discontent among the peasants. Luther often had to defend his views, as he does in a letter to the Saxon princes, against accusations that his writing influenced "the spirit of rebellion."
Signatures: A4, B2, C4, [A] unsigned, A1b, C4b blank.
Imprint: Place and printer from Benzing.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within woodcut border.
Additional Details: This volume was formerly in the Beck Lutherana collection, #162 and in the W.H. Stifel collection, #234. There are manuscript bibliographical notes on the upper flyleaf.
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
Döring, Christian
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
FrederickIII, Elector of Saxony, 1463-1525
German
Church history
Münzer, Thomas, approximately 1490-1525
Saxony (Germany)
Sixteenth century
19 unnumbered pages
19 cm
Text
correspondence
Quarto
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Historiated title page border of Luther's Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst
Benzing, Lutherbibliographie, 1927
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 545
Hohenemser, 2492
Kuczyński, 1603
Pegg, Bibliotheca, 981
Pegg, Great Britain, 2071
Pegg, Swiss, 3122
WA15, 205 A
1524 LUTH MM
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